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The Frisian languages (/ˈfriːʒən/ FREE-zhən or /ˈfrɪziən/ FRIZ-ee-ən) are a closely related group of West Germanic languages, spoken by about 500,000 Frisian people, who live on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany. The Frisian languages are the closest living languag.
Anglo-Frisian languages. Languages portal. For a list of words relating to Anglo-Frisian languages, see the Anglo-Frisian languages category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: English languages, Frisian languages, Old English, Scots language, Middle English, World Englishes, West Frisian language, North Frisian language, Yola language, West Frisian grammar, Saterland Frisian language, Stadsfries, Schneider's Dynamic ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Anglo-Frisian languages, Borbecksch Platt dialect, Central Franconian dialects, Franconian languages, High German languages, Ingvaeonic languages, Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law, Low German, Meuse-Rhenish, Old Dutch, Old Frankish, Ripuarian language ...
For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Old Frisian was a West Germanic language spoken between the 8th and 16th centuries along the North Sea coast, roughly between the mouths of the Rhine and Weser rivers. The Frisian settlers on the coast of South Jutland (today's Northern Friesland) also spoke Old Frisian, but there are no ...
Roman Catholic minority. The Frisians are an ethnic group indigenous to the coastal regions of the Netherlands, north-western Germany and southern Denmark, and during the Early Middle Ages in the north-western coastal zone of Flanders, [9] Belgium. They inhabit an area known as Frisia and are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and ...
The three Frisian languages evolved from Old Frisian. Among the living Frisian dialects, the one spoken in Heligoland (called Halunder) is the closest to Saterland Frisian.: 418 The closest language other than Frisian dialects is English. Frisian and English are often grouped together as Anglo-Frisian languages.
